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Top 5 Western movies?

Posted on 8/11/18 at 8:38 pm
Posted by cubsfan5150
NWA
Member since Nov 2007
17775 posts
Posted on 8/11/18 at 8:38 pm
Caught True Grit (remake) on again this morning and I'm wondering what movies are as good, including movies like 3:10 to Yuma and No Country for Old Men
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
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Posted on 8/11/18 at 8:44 pm to
My top 20 westerns:

Ride the High Country
The Tall T
3:10 to Yuma (original version!!)
Johnny Guitar
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Rio Conchos
The Searchers
Red River
Silver Lode
The Wild Bunch
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Ride Lonesome
The Magnificent Seven
Run Of The Arrow
One-Eyed Jacks
Man Without A Star
The War Wagon
The Man from Laramie
The Shooting
Son of Paleface
Posted by tigerfan84
Member since Dec 2003
25507 posts
Posted on 8/11/18 at 8:47 pm to
Lonesome Dove if you count it as a movie

Tombstone
Open Range
Posted by SouthernHog
Arkansas
Member since Jul 2016
6880 posts
Posted on 8/11/18 at 8:58 pm to
Lonesome Dove
Outlaw Josey Wales
Tombstone
Rio Bravo
El Dorado
Posted by SPEEDY
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Member since Dec 2003
86583 posts
Posted on 8/11/18 at 9:00 pm to
Blazing Saddles
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
38956 posts
Posted on 8/11/18 at 9:03 pm to
Can't have a Top 5 because I know I've missed a lot.

But what I've watched the most.

Josey Wales
Searchers
Once Upon a Time in the West
True Grit (original - grew up on it) - when you own the VHS, you tend to watch it quite often.
Fistfull of Dollars
Posted by St Augustine
The Pauper of the Surf
Member since Mar 2006
70611 posts
Posted on 8/11/18 at 9:05 pm to
Shane
Unforgiven
Tombstone
Good, bad,ugly
Lonesome dove

Also loved the shootist when I was a kid for some reason. Probably because it was first movie I ever watched in the tv I bought when I was 8
This post was edited on 8/11/18 at 9:06 pm
Posted by Hot pho
Member since Aug 2018
20 posts
Posted on 8/11/18 at 9:32 pm to
Outlaw josey wales.

Best of all time.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
19280 posts
Posted on 8/11/18 at 9:32 pm to
Hard to really narrow it down to just 5, but here goes.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Tombstone
Unforgiven
Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
True Grit---the one with John Wayne, not that BS with Jeff Bridges.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
19280 posts
Posted on 8/11/18 at 9:35 pm to
quote:

Caught True Grit (remake) on again this morning


I didn't like that version of it. Jeff Bridges just missed the mark with his heavy drawl and slurred delivery of the dialogue in my opinion. It made watching the movie more of a chore than enjoyment for me just trying to figure out what the hell he was saying. Damn thing needed subtitles.
Posted by JohnnyT
Central Texas
Member since Feb 2005
1840 posts
Posted on 8/11/18 at 10:36 pm to
Geez, too many to pick only five:

The Searchers
True Grit
Stagecoach
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Shane
High Noon
Once Upon A Time In The West
Red River
The Naked Spur
The Rare Breed
McClintock
Posted by PhilipMarlowe
Member since Mar 2013
21643 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 1:27 am to
The Searchers
The Proposition
The man who shot liberty valance
TheAssassination of Jesse James
The wild bunch
This post was edited on 8/12/18 at 1:28 am
Posted by Ry_garou
Lafayette
Member since Mar 2014
603 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 2:07 am to
Zero credibility to those that don’t list Unforgiven.
Posted by auyushu
Surprise, AZ
Member since Jan 2011
9610 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 2:36 am to
quote:

Zero credibility to those that don’t list Unforgiven.


Meh, Unforgiven is a very good movie and a very good western, but it's not going to make the top 5 for most people who are fans of westerns.

Anyway, as to the OP, top 5 for me would be:
The Good, the bad, the ugly
Once upon a time in the west
The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Wild Bunch
The Searchers

Honorable mention to:
Fistful of Dollars and Few dollars more
Unforgiven
Silverado
Magnificent Seven
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
True Grit
Tombstone
This post was edited on 8/12/18 at 2:38 am
Posted by sgallo3
Lake Charles
Member since Sep 2008
25220 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 3:12 am to
quote:

Unforgiven


yes

quote:

Tombstone


yes

quote:

The Good, the bad, and the ugly


yes




unlisted, django and hateful 8

different category but i want more movies made in that setting

Posted by BayouCatFan
Member since Jul 2008
4580 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 6:43 am to
Is Dances w/ Wolves not considered a western?
Posted by cuyahoga tiger
NE Ohio via Tangipahoa
Member since Nov 2011
6099 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 6:57 am to
quote:

Outlaw josey wales.


"dying ain't much of a living boy"
"worms gotta eat, same as the buzzards"
Posted by LSUFreek
Greater New Orleans
Member since Jan 2007
15808 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 7:13 am to
quote:

No Country for Old Men


Hmmm I never really thought of NCfOM as a "western", but now that I think about it, it definitely is a modern version of the sheriff vs outlaws western.

Hell or High Water is another good one that would fall into that modern western category.
Posted by LSUFreek
Greater New Orleans
Member since Jan 2007
15808 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 7:13 am to
quote:

No Country for Old Men


Hmmm I never really thought of NCfOM as a "western", but now that I think about it, it definitely is a modern version of the sheriff vs outlaws western.

Hell or High Water is another good one that would fall into that modern western category.
Posted by upgrade
Member since Jul 2011
14611 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 7:36 am to
Lonesome Dove
Unforgiven
Josey Wales
Good Bad Ugly

I can't narrow one down for fifth place. I enjoy too many
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